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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Possessing ability, qualification, or susceptibility; having capacity; of sufficient size or strength; as, a room capable of holding a large number; a castle capable of resisting a long assault.

2. (a.) Possessing adequate power; qualified; able; fully competent; as, a capable instructor; a capable judge; a mind capable of nice investigations.

3. (a.) Possessing legal power or capacity; as, a man capable of making a contract, or a will.

4. (a.) Capacious; large; comprehensive.

Greek

3707. horatos -- visible
... visible. From horao; gazed at, ie (by implication) capable of being seen -- visible.
see GREEK horao. (orata) -- 1 Occurrence. 3706, 3707. horatos. 3708 . ...
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1415. dunatos -- strong, mighty, powerful
... From dunamai; powerful or capable (literally or figuratively); neuter possible --
able, could, (that is) mighty (man), possible, power, strong. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2428. chayil -- strength, efficiency, wealth, army
... Origin from chul Definition strength, efficiency, wealth, army NASB Word Usage able
(5), armies (3), army (82), army* (1), capability (1), capable (3), elite ...
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Library

The Words, Mortale (Capable of Dying), Mortuum (Dead), and ...
... A Treatise on the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins, and on the Baptism of Infants
Chapter 5 [V.] "The Words, Mortale (Capable of Dying), Mortuum (Dead), and ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 5 v name words.htm

Now, to those who are Capable of Understanding Him...
... Chapter XX. Now, to those who are capable of understanding him� Now, to
those who are capable of understanding him, the apostle ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/origen/origen against celsus/chapter xx now to those.htm

Our Flesh in the Resurrection Capable, Without Losing Its ...
... Chapter LIX."Our Flesh in the Resurrection Capable, Without Losing Its Essential
Identity, of Bearing the Changed Conditions of Eternal Life, or of Death ...
/.../tertullian/on the resurrection of the flesh/chapter lix our flesh in the.htm

Women as Well as Men Capable of Perfection.
... Book IV. Chap. XIX."Women as well as Men Capable of Perfection. In this
perfection it is possible for man and woman equally to share. ...
/.../clement/the stromata or miscellanies/chap xix women as well as.htm

Plato's Inconsistency He Supposes the Soul Self-Existent, yet ...
... Chapter XXIV."Plato's Inconsistency He Supposes the Soul Self-Existent,
Yet Capable of Forgetting What Passed in a Previous State. ...
/.../a treatise on the soul/chapter xxiv platos inconsistency he supposes.htm

Let the Ancient Sages, Then, Make Known their Sayings to those who ...
... Chapter III. Let the ancient sages, then, make known their sayings to those
who are capable of� Let the ancient sages, then, make ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter iii let the ancient.htm

In the Dead who were Raised by Christ we Possess the Highest Proof ...
... Book V Chapter XIII."In the dead who were raised by Christ we possess the highest
proof of the resurrection; and our hearts are shown to be capable of life ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter xiii in the dead who.htm

How Even Celestial Powers Above are Capable of Change.
... II. Second Conference of Abbot Moses. Chapter XVI. How even celestial powers
above are capable of change. But that even the powers ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xvi how even celestial.htm

The Occasion of Writing this Work; a Thing May be Capable of Being ...
... A Treatise on the spirit and the letter, Chapter 1 [I.] "The Occasion of Writing
This Work; A Thing May Be Capable of Being Done, and Yet May Never Be Done. ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 1 i name occasion.htm

Man Born of Whatever Parentage is Sinful and Capable of Redemption ...
... Book II. Chapter 39 [XXIV.]"Man Born of Whatever Parentage is Sinful and
Capable of Redemption. He then says: "You conclude that ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 39 xxiv man born of.htm

Thesaurus

Capable (10 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Possessing ability, qualification, or susceptibility; having capacity; of
sufficient size or strength; as, a room capable of holding a large number; a ...
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Sensible (15 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Capable of being perceived by the senses; apprehensible through the bodily
organs; hence, also, perceptible to the mind; making an impression upon the ...
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Incapable (5 Occurrences)
... for the purpose or end in view; not large enough to contain or hold; deficient in
physical strength, mental or moral power, etc.; not capable; as, incapable of ...
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Incurable (13 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Not capable of being cured; beyond the power
of skill or medicine to remedy; as, an incurable disease. ...
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Female (95 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organs which are capable
of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a ...
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Marble (5 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite, capable of being
polished and used for architectural and ornamental purposes. ...
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Possible (133 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Capable of existing or occurring, or of being conceived
or thought of; able to happen; capable of being done; not contrary to ...
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Practical (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Capable of being turned to use or account; useful, in distinction
from ideal or theoretical; as, practical chemistry. 3. (a ...
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Corruptible (7 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Capable of being bribed; subject to decay or impurity. 2. (a.) Capable of
being corrupted, or morally vitiated; susceptible of depravation. ...
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Capability (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The quality of being capable; capacity;
capableness; esp. intellectual power or ability. 2. (n ...
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Bible Concordance

Capable (10 Occurrences)

Genesis 47:6 The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell in the land of Goshen. If you know any able men among them, then put them in charge of my livestock."
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Exodus 18:21 But for the rest, take from among the people able men, such as have the fear of God, true men hating profits wrongly made; and put such men over them, to be captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens;
(See NIV)

Exodus 18:25 And he made selection of able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens.
(See NIV)

1 Chronicles 26:6 Also to Shemaiah his son were sons born, who ruled over the house of their father; for they were mighty men of valor.
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1 Chronicles 26:8 All these were of the sons of Obed-Edom: they and their sons and their brothers, able men in strength for the service; sixty-two of Obed-Edom.
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1 Chronicles 26:30 Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brothers, men of valor, one thousand seven hundred, had the oversight of Israel beyond the Jordan westward, for all the business of Yahweh, and for the service of the king.
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1 Chronicles 26:31 Of the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even of the Hebronites, according to their generations by fathers' houses. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valor at Jazer of Gilead.
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1 Chronicles 26:32 His brothers, men of valor, were two thousand seven hundred, heads of fathers' houses, whom king David made overseers over the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites, for every matter pertaining to God, and for the affairs of the king. Ezra
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Ezra 8:18 According to the good hand of our God on us they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brothers, eighteen;
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Hosea 8:5 Let Samaria throw out his calf idol! My anger burns against them! How long will it be until they are capable of purity?
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Subtopics

Capable

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Incapable (5 Occurrences)

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Corruptible (7 Occurrences)

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